Buckle



(No Model.)

M4. I. WINTERS.

BUCKLE. No. 412,151. Y Patented oct. 1, 1889.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

MILTON ISADORE "WINTERS, OF ATLEES STATION, VIRGINIA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter/s Patent No. 412,151, dated October1, 1889. Application filed June 24, 1889. Serial No. 315,341. (Nomodel.)

To all wiz/0171, it may concern:

Be it known that l, MILTON IsADoRE WIN- TERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Atlees Station, in the county of Hanover and Stateof Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuckles; and I do declare the followin g t-o be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to harness-buckles, and is designed chiefly as animprovement on the buckle which is patented to J. IV. Funk, July 20,1886,No. 3%,036

The object of the invention is to increase the eilicienc7 of the deviceand to add to the comfort of the animal by preventing chaiing.

The improvement consists in the tongue on the plate, which is placed inline with the connection of the loop with the said plate and in thelink, which is pivotally connected with the haine-tug.

The improvement further consists of the novel features, which will behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in theannexed drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a top plan View showing' theapplication of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on theline Y Y of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view or" the plate. Fig. isa perspective View of the haine-tug. Fig. 5 is a modification ot' theloop.

F is the trace or tug, and G the hame-tug, to which the buckle isattached and which comprises the plate A, having the tongue E,

the loop B, pivotally connected with the plate A and with the hame-tugG, and the link C, pivotally connected with the haine-tug G and adaptedto be turned over the tapering end ot' the plate A. The trace is furtherheld to the hame-tug by the leather loop g, which is sewed in betweenthe straps of the said tug.

The tongue E is in line with the pivotal connection between the plate Aand the loop B and is adapted to enter an opening in the trace F, asmost plainl5T shown in Fig. 2.

The link O is provided with a supplemental loop d, to be coupled withthe breeching.

In Fig. 5 the loop B has slots b to permit the tongue E entering thetugG before drawing the end of the plate under the loop O.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination, with the trace and the heme-tug, of the plate A,having the tongue E, the loop B, pivotally connected with the haine-tugand with the plate in line With the tongue E, and the link O, pivotallyconnected with the haine-tu g and adapted to swing over the end of theplate A,substantially as specitied.

2. The combination, with the trace, the hametug, the plate A, having thetongue E and the loop B, of the link O,pivotally connected with thehaine-tug and adapted to tit over the end ot the plate A and having thesupplemental loop d, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILTON ISADORE NVINTERS.

Witnesses:

D. A. KUYK,

SMITH.

